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A great NY Times Upshot article describes, in normal English, the difference between mortality and survival rates. They do sound…
MAPOC committee beginning work on shared savings program redesign
The MAPOC committee that is working with DSS to redesign Medicaid under the SIM directives met Wednesday to begin the…
Community rally about Bradley Hospital inpatient beds
The Community Committee to Save Bradley Hospital will be holding a rally April 26th at 2pm, at the Southington Historical…
Only 36% of CT physicians have any shared savings arrangements, correcting questionable SIM estimates from 2013 driving expansive policy
UConn’s new SIM survey of CT physicians found that currently only 36% of CT physicians participate in any shared savings…
20 independent advocates share concerns about SIM’s plans for Medicaid
Yesterday twenty independent consumers, advocates and providers sent a letter to the Lieutenant Governor expressing our grave concerns about the…
Tolland County healthiest in CT; New Haven County least healthy
According to County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, overall residents of Tolland County are the healthiest in our state, but there…
Big improvement — almost three out of four CT physicians accepting new Medicaid patients
A new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control finds that 72.5% of CT office-based physicians accepted new Medicaid patients…
April web quiz on premiums in CT’s exchange
Test your knowledge of premiums in CT’s health insurance exchange. Take the April CT Health Policy Webquiz.
A Better Idea for SIM-Medicaid: Coordinate Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Independent consumer advocates and others have raised grave concerns about Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (SIM) plans to radically change financial…